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Keelhaul

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Keelhaul, means (1) To drag (a person) through the water under the bottom of a ship as punishment or torture. (2) To rebuke or reprimand harshly. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 873.

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